Street Photography by Guido Steenkamp » seconds2real

Interview with the Leica Camera Blog

Guido — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:49:49 +0000

The Leica Camera Blog posted an interview with me about the Seconds2Real street photographers collective.

‘From Distant Streets’ exhibition showing some of my pictures

Guido — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 06:37:08 +0000

In the exhibition “From Distant Streets,” curator and photographer Richard Bram has gathered together the work of 29 photographers working around the globe in a multitude of styles but with one common thread: their photographs are of unposed, unrehearsed Reality.

Street Photography is thus Non-Fiction. It is not photojournalism per se, which is about recording events. Its concerns are much smaller but equally important, the little-noticed nuanced moments of everyday life. It is seeking the unusual in the everyday: As photographer, film-maker and blogger Nick Turpin puts it, “Good Street Photographs show you something you still would not have seen had you been there.”

Today cameras are everywhere and in everything. The camera in the average mobile phone has a higher resolution than the best digital cameras of ten years ago. Millions of images are recorded every hour in every part of the world. A large proportion of these are recordings of happenings in the streets, yet very few are what could be called Street Photographs. To rise above this mass of images, to create something special and to do it more than once is a fierce challenge, one that the photographers assembled at Galerie Hertz for the Louisville Photography Biennial have managed to do, and to do regularly.

The photographers are:

Blake Andrews, Eugene, OR
Anahita Avalos, Villahermosa, Mexico/France
Richard Bram, New York City
Maciej Dakowicz, Poland/Cardiff, Wales
Melanie Einzig, New York City
Adrian Fisk, UK/New Delhi
David Gibson, London
Siegfried Hansen, Hamburg, Germany
Nils Jorgensen, London/Cumbria, UK
Kate Kirkwood, Cumbria, UK
Felix Lupa, Tel Aviv, Israel
George Kelly, Portland, OR
Jesse Marlow, Melbourne, Australia
Stephen McLaren, London
Jan Meissner, New York City
Andy Morley-Hall, London/Wellington, New Zealand
Johanna Neurath, London
Kramer O’Neill, New York City
Mike Peters, New York City
Orville Robertson, New York City
Paul Russell, Weymouth, UK
Otto Snoek, Rotterdam, Netherlands
David Solomons, London
Guido Steenkamp, Berlin
Ying Tang, Shanghai/Cologne, Germany
Nick Turpin, London/Artemare, France
Kay von Aspern, Vienna
Dougie Wallace, Glasgow
Amani Willett, New York City

SECONDS2REAL STREET PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION IN BERLIN

Guido — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:52:21 +0000

We are thrilled to announce “fascination street”, Seconds2Real’s first exhibition of contemporary Street Photography. The Berlin show opens 15th October 2011 and runs for two weeks. We will be showing more than 100 prints at the unique Meinblau Gallery, which makes this event the most comprehensive exhibition ever devoted to Street Photography from Austria and Germany.

The Seconds2Real website has all the details.

Interview im KWERFELDEIN Fotografie Magazin

Guido — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:25:09 +0000

Martin Gommel vom KWERFELDEIN Fotografie Magazin war so freundlich ein Interview mit mir zum Thema Street Photography in Deutschland zu führen. Das Interview findet Ihr im KWERFELDEIN Blog.

it’s been a nice day of street shooting in Berlin

Guido — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:47:49 +0000

I took all of the images below last saturday and must say that i am quite happy with the results. After such a long winter it’s been awesome to be out on the street again on a great sunny day.

Leica M6 | Tri-X | 35mm Summicron

Interview with Michael Wolf

Guido — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:40:28 +0000

In the context of his latest book release in Berlin, Seconds2Real’s Christian Reister had the chance to talk to Michael Wolf, well known for his latest works Tokyo Compression and his Google Street View series. The interview is available on the Seconds2Real website. Enjoy.

Seconds2Real introduction at exp12 gallery Berlin

Guido — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:26:30 +0000

Join me and some fellow Seconds2Real photographers on Feb. 12 at exp12 Gallery in Berlin. We will introduce our work and the concept of Seconds2Real in an open discussion with the audience. Detail information can be found on the Seconds2Real website.

2010 Street Photography Slideshow

Guido — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:00:08 +0000

I put together a slideshow of my favorite street photography shots from 2010. The slideshow is available on both, YouTube and Vimeo.

first batch of images from vienna

Guido — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:57:31 +0000

A quick selection of images shot while i was in vienna to meet with the seconds2real group. I still have 10 rolls of Tri-X left to develop & scan so there’s definitely more to come.

peruvian photo magazine published some of my pictures

Guido — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:31:25 +0000

The Seconds2Real website has all the details